The Servants
$31.19
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 February 2027
Summary
What could I tell you about George Jarvis except that he was an enslaved black Hindoo servant, born in India, one of many, what do I care … I will tell you our story in the language of your time …
The year 1810 in the colony of New South Wales: George Jarvis has just arrived with his master, the newly appointed Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Having been in Macquarie’s service all over the world for more than a decade, George now wants permission to return to India to find his mo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761824104 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761824104 |
| Author: | Roanna Gonsalves |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Imprint: | Summit Books Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Roanna Gonsalves
Roanna Gonsalves was born and raised in India. She moved to Australia in 1998 as an international student. Her short story collection, The Permanent Resident (UWAP 2016), was published to critical acclaim and won the NSW Premier’s Literary Award Multicultural Prize. She works as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at UNSW (Sydney). Roanna is the recipient of the inaugural Bridge Awards Varuna–Cove Park (Scotland) writing residency, among other literary grants and awards. She is also the editor of Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal. The Servants is her first novel.
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